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Game theory is about people, not just mathematics. It needs a new name to reflect this

Game theory is about people, not just mathematics. It needs a new name to reflect this

by Len Fisher | 22 Apr 2015 | Game Theory & You: Media and Writing, Stray Thoughts

Game theory is all around us. Despite its innocuous-sounding name, it is not just a theory, and it deals with far more than traditional games. It is, in fact, about the real-life strategies that we use in our interactions with other people. Originally proposed by John...
59. What did John Nash do? Part 2: John Nash and Tosca

59. What did John Nash do? Part 2: John Nash and Tosca

by Len Fisher | 27 Mar 2015 | Mini Stories from Science

The problem that John Nash analyzed concerned situations (all too common in real life) where cooperation would produce the best overall outcome, but where individuals can be tempted by the logic of self-interest to cheat on the cooperation. When both sides cheat,...
58. What did John Nash do? Part 1: The background

58. What did John Nash do? Part 1: The background

by Len Fisher | 26 Mar 2015 | Mini Stories from Science

John Nash has recently been awarded the prestigious Abel Prize (the “mathematicians Nobel”) at the ripe old age of 90 for “for striking and seminal contributions to the theory of nonlinear partial differential equations and its applications to geometric...

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